Mexican women battle gender-based violence online
"Women are changing the conversation about harassment, and this is a big deal”
More women needed as UN peacekeepers, urge defence chiefs and campaigner Angelina Jolie
"If we are honest, there are far too few women in our peacekeeping missions when a gender mix can have a major impact on operational effectiveness"
UK takes record action on violence against women as "revenge porn" rises
"The use of the internet, social media and other forms of technology to humiliate, control and threaten individuals is rising"
Phones protect Uganda's sex workers from police harassment
In Uganda, sex work is illegal and highly stigmatised, making women vulnerable to unlawful arrest, rape, bribery, beating and murder
INTERVIEW-Special agency needed to protect Indian children from traffickers
Government figures showed a 25 percent increase in cases of human trafficking in India in 2015, with 43 percent of the 9,127 victims below the age of 18
INTERVIEW-The woman behind Brazil's domestic violence law: 'I can't give up the fight'
Statistics show in Brazil a woman is killed every two hours
Britain struggles to help rising numbers of lone children seeking asylum
In Britain alone, 3,472 children applied for asylum in the 12 months to June this year
Rights group calls on Myanmar to investigate Rohingya woman's death
Residents of conflict-plagued ethnic minority regions and human rights workers have for years accused Myanmar troops of rights abuses including rape
California lawmakers pass rape bill inspired by Stanford case
The measure was introduced in response to the sentence given to 20-year-old Brock Turner, which was widely condemned as too lenient
FEATURE-Nigeria gets tough with marauding "Sons of the Soil" in search of land to seize
"Sons of the Soil" gangs roam Nigeria's commercial capital looking for land owners and property developers to dupe